Talk:Clay pigeon shooting

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Merge

This article is very good except that it is only from a UK perspective. It seems the other articles on this were written from a US perspective and no one cross references. I suggest the article clay target be merged in to this one, as it is quite short and the topic covered perfectly well in this article. I suggest US clay shooting enthusiasts contribute to this article, eg the name of their governing body for the sport and differences in terminology? Billlion 07:51, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is a good idea but it doesn't go far enough. A comprehensive set of articles should be created covering each sport or variant of clay target shooting (Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, F.I.T.A.S.C./Universal Trench/Helice or ZZ Bird/5-Stand/Compak etc) discussing the differences between the sport/variant as practiced in the US and in Europe. Links should be included to the various national and international governing bodies for each. Also, the article on clay targets needs to be beefed up to discuss the differences between standard and specialty (midi, mini, battue, rabbit, ZZ, etc.) targets and under what circumstances each may be presented to the shooter.--Skeptic3904 18:27, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It sounds like your know quite a bit about this. Perhaps you could make a start on this? I really know nothing about it and was just looking it up. Billlion 18:49, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps using a simple navigation template like the one I just created at Template:Clay target shooting would make readers and editors more aware of the different articles that do exist? It would collide with the current ISSF-event templates in three of the articles, but that should be solvable. -- Jao 20:02, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Move?

Would this article be better off at Clay target shooting? The Google test heavily favours "pigeon", but I'm not sure how much we should care about that in this case. -- Jao 20:02, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As above it may be a UK/US difference. Also there is already Clay target with a proposal to merger with this one. Should Clay target shooting be a redirect to here ? Billlion 09:48, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is quite clear that "clay target" as opposed to "clay pigeon" is the preferred term within the sport, as organisations call themselves "Clay Target Shooting Association of ......" or some such variant of the phrase. I therefore agree with Jao above by saying that merged article should be headed Clay target shooting.Rob Thornton 07:43, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This proposal has been around for over a year, and it is what the Americans call a "no brainer". Someone should just merge the material from the Clay target here, and where appropriate to the articles on the particular sporting codes, not to mention the move to Clay target shooting. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 20:30, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've never heard it called "clay target shooting" outside of the names of such organizations, however. Local clubs refer to "shooting at clay pigeons". I agree with Billion that it's likely a US/UK difference, however. This whole article does seem to heavily favor the UK; I didn't realize there was much shooting of this sort done there. --128.163.251.95 (talk) 15:58, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pump Actions unsuitable?

Currently, the article states that pump action shotguns are considered unsuitable for this sport, but needs a citation. Pump action shotguns seem to be common enough at the skeet range here in the US, while the semi-automatic, which is listed here, is considered unusual for trap shooting at the local range. I'd recommend that pump actions be listed in order to be through, although some kind of qualifier that some shooters prefer other actions might be in order. --128.163.251.95 (talk) 15:58, 4 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree and will clean up the Guns section. Incidentally I just spent all afternoon using a pump gun for clays. They work just fine. 68.150.45.231 (talk) 05:00, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I did an additional cleanup of the guns section. Part of it sounded more like buying advice than anything else. Pump action shotguns are rare in my part of the world (Northern Europe). I think most people here view them as cheap and "kitsch", and that perception is not helped by the horrible quality of some of the pump action shotguns sold here. 46.39.111.5 (talk) 00:01, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Editing Guns sections

This section is heavily UK centric and brings in laws which may not apply to most readers and aren't really related to the sporting activity. Much as discussing road rules is of little interest in most car articles. I will be making some changes 68.150.45.231 (talk) 05:00, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Link to external site

a link was entered to an exrernal website which is non-profit making website for a team associated with the UK clay pigeon scene which has a friendly forum for advice in regards to this topic. This has been removed and we can't sees why it violates any external link guidelines as claimed. similar links has been put on the sporting clays page ( not to our site may i add ) which hasn't been removed.

Our aim of this link is to support and promote this sport and offer advice and guidance to anyone with an interest to the sport

could we re-insert the link without it being removed ?? (Jinxy72 (talk) 09:16, 26 March 2012 (UTC))[reply]

No. You attempted to add that link here and to Sporting clays[1] to promote your website, which is against the policy on external links (WP:ELNO #4). XLerate (talk) 13:11, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]